Sunday 22 June 2008

Church View Farm Recommends

OK, here are the farm blog recommendations from Church View Farm http://churchviewfarm.blogspot.com/ :

Ask Jackie
Practical advice from a writer for Backwoods Home magazine, life in rural Minnesota
http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/JackieClay/
The Baalands
Good info about raising Katahdin Sheep, Clear Spring, MD (IW: and a lot of non farming stuff)
http://baalands.blogspot.com/
Bedlam Farm Journal
A great writer, Jon Katz, about my age, nice photos
http://blog.bedlamfarm.com/ (IW: linked)
City Bees Blog
Raising Honeybees in Metro DC
http://citybees.blogspot.com/
Dave Duffy Blogging
Editor of Backwoods Home magazine
http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/DaveDuffy/
Edible Nation
Connecting people with local foods
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/ediblenation/
Farm Foody
Connecting Virginians with local foods
http://www.farmfoody.org/blog/ (IW: you need to be a logged in member; not my thing.)
Farmgirl Fare
Missouri, great cook.nice photos
(IW: already on the link list)
Clusterf**k Nation
James Kunstler, outrage about the path the US is on, a warning to make a better future before its too late
http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/ (IW: not sure this falls into my definition of a 'farm blog', but no doubt interesting stuff)
Plamadon, View from the Farm,
Practical poultry raising
http://www.plamondon.com/b2evolution/blogs/blog4.php
Survival Blog
Dedicated, Strident and maybe just a bit scary in their pronouncements of being prepared
http://www.survivalblog.com/ (IW: Steve, I'm hearing you, but farmblogs.blogspot.com is about blogs about farming, not about the relative merits of a Glock over a Colt.)
Deliberate Agrarian
Herrick Kimball. Also in NY, family values, Christian agrarian
http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/



His list brings to mind a few thoughts.

Any non-farm specific blogs (e.g Edible Nation) will be linked under a general resources list.

Any non-farming specific blogs I'll have to take a view on.

As they say here in the Auvergne, 'Everybody their shit, God for everyone' which I think means everyone has their own opinions and problems but I'm not sure I want to make this blog 'political' or 'religous' with a capital P or R (tempting as it might be.)

From a quick look through the blogs we've got anarchists, libertarians, survivalists, leftists, Democrats, Republicans, 'rightists', Christians, Buddhists, omnivores, carnivores, vegetarians, Yankees, mountain folk, wool spinners, artists, writers and I don't know what else, but all united in a love of the earth, farming, and a general vibe of peace and love, so let's keep it at that.

Not that I'm against survivalists, part-time homesteaders or anybody who isn't a fully-fledged farmer, but generally I am trying to focus on farmers' blogs. I think. But as I always say, I reserve the right to change my mind.




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